Las Vegas 7’s: Kenya beat Samoa to lift Challenge Trophy

Despite a rocky start in the Las Vegas World Rugby Series, Shujaas lost only match in six. In their first match, Kenya went down 24-17 to New Zealand. It was 14-all against Argentina in the in the second game. After a 12-10 win over Russia in our last group match, Innocent Simiyu’s men qualified for the Challenge Trophy Cup quarter-finals.

A 21-19 win over Chile in the quarters saw Shujaas pitted against France for the semis. The boys continued with their back-to-back wins after beating France 14-7, cruising to the Challenge Trophy final. Collins Injera’s try in the game pushed his tally to 241 tries on the Word Rugby Series.

Samoa who beat Scotland 24-10 were Kenya’s opponents in the cup final. Kenya emerged cup winners after trouncing Samoans 21-14.

Kenya’s Billy Odhiambo emerged top in the DHL Rugby Performance Tracker with 55 tackles, 26 breaks, 19 offloads and 101 carries. Willy Ambaka is fourth.

Captain Andrew Amonde and his counterpart Collins Injera featured on the top try scorers list with four each. Lachie Anderson of Australia tops the chart with a total of seven tries.

Albeit stagnating at the 12^th position, Kenya bagged massive eight points in USA, quite an improvement since they managed only two in Sydney Australia.

South Africa secured their fourth tournament win of the HSBC Sevens 2016-17 Series with a 19-12 win over Fiji in the main cup finals.

The World Rugby Seven Series circuit returns next weekend in Vancouver, Canada.